According to Reuters, Tencent is in the midst of developing an Elden Ring game for mobile phones. Apparently, if the Shenzhen-based tech company’s plan is successful, fans will get a free-to-play game with in-app purchases, similar to gacha game Genshin Impact. This is a complete departure from the original Elden Ring action RPG, which sold for $60 from the start and wasn’t full of microtransactions.
Mobile experience coming to Elden Ring
That’s pretty much all the details reported by Reuters; According to the news outlet’s sources, progress on the project has been slow, so it may be a while before we see the game. Tencent recently halted development of the highly anticipated Nier mobile game, which had been in the works for two years. Tencent reportedly failed to find a monetization model that would allow it to recoup the cost of licensing the franchise from Square Enix and what it would take to complete the project.
Tencent and Sony acquired a 30 percent stake in FromSoftware, the Japanese developer behind Elden Ring, in 2022. The Chinese company also acquired licensing rights to develop the game at that time and assembled a team of several dozen people. on a prototype. Reuters says Tencent is hoping to bolster its aging game library with a new game, and based on a hugely successful game like Elden Ring, the game has the potential to be a hit.